指环王1：护戒使者 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Movie Script

(comes into view) I could do you some eggs if you like?

Bilbo jumps, a half eaten pork pie in his hand, as Gandalf mysteriously appears behind him.

GANDALF:

Just tea, thank you.

BILBO:

Oh..right. You don't mind if...?

GANDALF:

No, not at all. Go ahead. A sudden loud knock on the front door.

MRS. SACKVILLE BAGGINS (O.S.) Bilbo Baggins, you open this door..I know you're in there.

BILBO:

I'm not home.

Gandalf watches, amused as Bilbo tries to hide.

BILBO (CONT'D) I've got to get away from these confounded relatives, hanging on the bell all day, never giving me a moment's peace. I want to see mountains again...mountains, Gandalf... and then find somewhere quiet where I can finish my book...Oh, Tea!

GANDALF:

So, you mean to go through with your plan, then?

(CONTINUED) 13.

BILBO:

Yes, yes...it's all inhand. All the arrangements are made.

GANDALF:

Frodo suspects something.

BILBO:

'Course he does, he's a Baggins...not some block headed Bracegirdle from Hardbottle!

GANDALF:

You will tell him, won't you?

BILBO:

Yes, yes.

GANDALF:

He's very fond of you.

BILBO:

I know. He'd probably come with me if I asked him. I think, in his heart, Frodo's still in love with the Shire, the woods and the fields... little rivers.

Bilbo stands gazing out of the kitchen window.

BILBO (CONT'D) I am old, Gandalf... Bilbo looks at Gandalf sadly... BILBO (CONT'D) I know I don't look it, but I'm beginning to feel it in my heart.

CLOSE ON:

Bilbo's fingers close around his waistcoat pocket...gripping a small, unseen object.

BILBO (CONT'D) I feel thin...sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread. I need a holiday...a very long holiday and I don't expect I shall return...in fact, I mean not to.

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14.

INT. BAG END -- EVENING Gandalf and Bilbo are sitting on the Bag End porch. Below them, final preparations are being made on the Party field.

Bilbo strikes a match and lights his pipe.